<p>so registration for the ap tests is .. march i think. should i bother taking them? does swarthmore count them at all? just 4s or 5s?</p>
<p>Yes, Swarthmore does count them. My son got credit for French, Biology, Calculus. I don't remember what else he got credit for, I could ask him. The Biology department, though, recommended that you repeat either the Bio 1 or Bio 2 or both because the teaching and material at college level involves a lot more than the AP bio offered in HS and it would be a chance to familiarize oneself with the department and it's policies and practices.</p>
<p>You'd have to go to the individual websites of the departments to find out what AP would count toward college credit at Swat. I can see that even AP Stats is counted if you take Stats in college.</p>
<p>That page lists all the credit Swat gives for APs.</p>
<p>You can use some AP credits to fulfill general requirements, which helps a lot.</p>
<p>they even give credit for the AP studio art!</p>
<p>none of my other colleges do that.</p>
<p>But not economics. :(</p>
<p>good, i didn't want to take economics haha. .. since i want to major in political science, should i not take the government AP?</p>
<p>Don't take anything. Just come to college and enjoy the courses offered. Overpreparation will not get you anywhere. The level of the courses is different in college and, specifically, is different at Swarthmore. They expect a lot more of you and they also offer a lot more to you. </p>
<p>One example I could give you is this: my son took an intro course in Philosophy last semester where some kids seem to have read Nietzsche when they were in their mother's womb. The professor did a quick job of telling them how wrong they were in their 'readings of Nietzsche'. Apparently, some courses do require you to be more mature to understand things and being a child prodigy does not get you anywhere.</p>
<p>I would take the AP tests for whatever AP courses you have taken. Why not?</p>
<p>Some do count for placement -- math, etc. Others count towards fulfilling distribution requirements, which could come in very handy as you try to sort out your schedule.</p>
<p>"The professor did a quick job of telling them how wrong they were in their 'readings of Nietzsche'." I hope s/he did so gently!</p>
<p>No, not so gently, according to some observers. The professors are not obliged to be nice! :)</p>
<p>I am with ID. Take the tests. You don't have to use the AP credit you get if you decide to retake the class, but it is nice to have the option, and it gives you an opportunity to have a more flexible schedule, and more room for electives.</p>
<p>I am slightly confused as to why AP World History receives 0 credit or acknowledgment but AP European History receives credit. In my school AP EH is known as an easy course but AP world is very difficult. I scored a 5 on the AP world exam and thought - until now - that i would get 1 credit for it, but apparently I must also take the AP European History exam as well. I wonder why this is.</p>
<p>I guess you could potentially discuss this with the head of History department. I found that at Swarthmore things are not always "written in stone"... I would think that the reason might be that AP World is a relatively new AP, and they have not updated their policy regarding the credit. You can try to e-mail the department head and ask.</p>
<p>By the way, you will not automatically get a credit either way. Even if the course is acknowledged as a worthy of credit, you only get it if you take a history course at Swarthmore. If you want to get 2 credits (Euro+US), you have to take 2 history classes.</p>
<p>I plan to take more than one history course at Swarthmore. Since i was unable to take AP US history I only want one credit - either in World or Euro. I just thought that this credit was already guaranteed, but I guess not. I'll have to bury my head and hope I get a 5 in AP EH as well I suppose. If that doesn't pan out well...there are more important things in life. Thanks for your concern.</p>
<p>that is weird. ap world is definitely more challenging than euro</p>
<p>I've always heard the opposite- APEH is the more challenging of the two. I don't really have anything to compare APEH with since AP world isn't offerred at my school</p>